1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: wxSingleInstanceChecker can be used to restrict the number of
4 // simultaneously running copies of a program to one
5 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
9 // Copyright: (c) 2001 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
10 // Licence: wxWindows licence
11 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13 #ifndef _WX_SNGLINST_H_
14 #define _WX_SNGLINST_H_
16 #if wxUSE_SNGLINST_CHECKER
18 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
19 // wxSingleInstanceChecker
20 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
22 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxSingleInstanceChecker
25 // default ctor, use Create() after it
26 wxSingleInstanceChecker() { Init(); }
28 // like Create() but no error checking (dangerous!)
29 wxSingleInstanceChecker(const wxString
& name
,
30 const wxString
& path
= wxEmptyString
)
36 // name must be given and be as unique as possible, it is used as the mutex
37 // name under Win32 and the lock file name under Unix -
38 // wxTheApp->GetAppName() may be a good value for this parameter
40 // path is optional and is ignored under Win32 and used as the directory to
41 // create the lock file in under Unix (default is wxGetHomeDir())
43 // returns false if initialization failed, it doesn't mean that another
44 // instance is running - use IsAnotherRunning() to check it
45 bool Create(const wxString
& name
, const wxString
& path
= wxEmptyString
);
47 // is another copy of this program already running?
48 bool IsAnotherRunning() const;
50 // dtor is not virtual, this class is not meant to be used polymorphically
51 ~wxSingleInstanceChecker();
54 // common part of all ctors
55 void Init() { m_impl
= NULL
; }
57 // the implementation details (platform specific)
58 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxSingleInstanceCheckerImpl
*m_impl
;
60 wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxSingleInstanceChecker
);
63 #endif // wxUSE_SNGLINST_CHECKER
65 #endif // _WX_SNGLINST_H_